Parcel distribution timetabling problem

Operations Management Research

Volumn 4, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 138-149

  Hamzaoui, Salem ^a   Ben Ayed, Omar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SFAX   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Clock time; Hub and spoke; Parcel distribution; Schedule; Service network design; Shipment; SNDP; Timetable

Indexed keywords

EID: 80255138392     PISSN: 19369735     EISSN: 19369743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12063-011-0056-4     Document Type: Article

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